The Oxford Literary Guide to the British Isles

Clarendon Press, Oxford, edition, 1977. Cloth, 8vo, 21 cm,. xii, [1],413, [31] pp. From the blurb: "The Oxford Literary Guide is a companion to the literary associations of Great Britain and Ireland. Entries range from Abbotsford, the home of Sir Walter Scott, to Zennor, the Cornish village where D. H. Lawrence and his wife lived in 1916-17. In between come entries on cities, towns, villages, houses, castles, schools, inns, and districts connected with the lives and works of over 900 writers from Bede to Tolkien. Buildings that can no longer be seen - such as the Whitehall house in which Pepys began his Diary in 1660, or the Dublin house where Swift was born, or the coaching inn where Addison used to alight from the London coach to visit Steele - are mentioned. Fictitious names of real places are entered as cross-references. Hours of opening are given for buildings accessible to the public and specially drawn maps are included at the end of the book. A biographical index of authors gives brief outlines of their lives in relation to the places mentioned, and titles of any of their works which have particular local connections. Contents agetoned, otherwise Very Good in Very Good price-clipped dustwrapper.